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 | Anon: "Si Vis Pacem, Para Pacem" (If you want peace, prepare for peace). |
| Lilian Genser: "I pledge allegiance to the world to care for earth and sea and air, to cherish every living thing, with peace and justice everywhere." A suggested supplement to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance. 1 |
| Thich Nhat Hanh: Buddhist monk and peace activist: "How do you want to create peace, if there is no peace inside yourselves?" |
| Martin Luther King, Jr.: "We must learn to live together as brothers, or we are going to perish together as fools." |
| Hans Küng: "There will be peace on earth when there is peace among the world religions." |
| More quotes |
Lists of links:
| The Peace Research Information Unit Bohn (PRIUG) maintains a list of over 300 organizations and institutions..." See: http://www.bonn.iz-soz.de/ A list of contents, sorted by country, is at: http://www.bonn.iz-soz.de/ |
| The Center for Applied Conflict Management (CACM) has a list of links related to conflict management: organizations, academic programs, professional associations, journals, job and intern listing, etc. at: http://dept.kent.edu/ |
| The Nonviolence Web maintains a list of "nonviolent links," including essential websites, magazines, newspapers, peace groups, etc. See: http://www.nonviolence.org/ |
Individual groups promoting peace:
| The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) "...carries out service, development, social justice, and peace programs throughout the world." It was founded by Quakers in 1917. See: http://www.afsc.org/ |
| The Catholic Peace Fellowship describes themselves as "a mighty league of conscientious objectors." They "...support Catholic conscientious objectors through education, counseling, and advocacy." See: http://www.catholicpeacefellowship.org/ |
| The Center for Peace & Conflict Studies develops and implements "...projects, programs, curricula, research and publications in areas of scholarship related to international and domestic peace, war, social justice, arms control, globalization, multicultural awareness and constructive conflict resolution." See: http://www.pcs.wayne.edu/ |
| The Center for Reduction of Religious-Based Conflict is an independent group "dedicated to the reduction of religious-based conflict throughout the world through publicizing existing conflicts, their significance to all of us, and their causes; as well as providing realistic long-term solutions. The Center is not a religion or church; nor in any way associated with any religion or church, but a truly independent organization which believes all religions are important." See: http://center2000.org/ |
| Center for War/Peace Studies "is a 'think tank' located in the United Nations backyard. The central objective of the CW/PS is to establish an international political and legal system that will make possible the abolition of war." See: http://www.cwps.org/ |
| The Center of Concern "envisions a world in which every woman, man and child can survive, thrive, and contribute back to our communities, enhancing life for all who share the planet." They have been "promoting global justice and peace since 1971." See: http://www.coc.org/ |
| Committee for Conflict Transformation Support: "Members and associates of the Committee have run workshops, seminars, discussion groups or debates with organizations and individuals involved with peace, human rights, peace education, the well-being of refugees and displaced persons, the analysis and resolution of conflict, the care of those traumatized by violence," etc. See: http://www.c-r.org/ccts/ |
| Conciliation Resources is "an international service for conflict transformation....[They provide] practical and sustained assistance to people and groups in areas of armed conflict or potential violence." See: http://www.c-r.org/ |
| The Heidelberg Institute on International Conflict Research (HIIK)
at the University of Heidelbert in Germany researchers, documents and
analyzes national and international conflicts. See:
http://www.hiik.de/ They
produce an annual "conflict barometer" documenting crises, wars, coups
d'etats, negotiations, peace settlements... See:
http://www.hiik.de/ This yearly reports are in PDF files. You may require software to read
them. Software can be obtained free from:
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| The Peacemaker Blog was established by the Homeplanet Alliance at: http://peacemaker.blog.com |
| Incore promotes conflict resolution management strategies from their center in the University of Ulster in Ireland. See: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/ They maintain a listing of peace agreements worldwide. See: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/ They publish the Ethnic Conflict Research Digest at: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/ |
| The Institute for War and Peace Reporting "...strengthens local journalism in areas of conflict. By training reporters, facilitating dialogue and providing reliable information, it supports peace, democracy and development in societies undergoing crisis and change." See: http://www.iwpr.net/ |
| The International Crisis Group works "...through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict." They produce regular early warning reports. See: http://www.crisisgroup.org/ |
| The International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP) is "...geared towards the attainment of international understanding and world peace through education." See: http://www.iaewp.org/ |
| International Peace Academy "...is an independent, international institution dedicated to promoting the prevention and settlement of armed conflicts between and within states through policy research and development." See: http://www.ipacademy.org/ |
| The Mano River Union Peace Forum advocates "...for peace, good governance and human security in the three countries of the Mano River region" -- Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. See: http://www.mrupf.org/ |
| Motto Citizens provides "Contemplative Education for Critical Thinking, Expansive Compassion, and Global Conflict-Resolution." See: http://www.mottocitizens.com/ |
| The Nonviolence Web is a personal, hopelessly underfunded, project by Martin Kelley, a Quaker. See: http://www.nonviolence.org/ |
| Peace Research Institute - Dundas is a Canadian non-profit "...devoted to international peace advocacy and research. The Institute has several ongoing initiatives, from collecting abstracts of peace literature, to research, education, and publishing books and journals." See: http://www.prid.on.ca/ |
| Religions for Peace in the U.S. is part of Religions for Peace International which works in over 70 countries and is the largest coalition of representatives from the world's great religions. See: http://www.rfpusa.org |
| Science for Peace is a "Canadian-based organization of natural scientists, engineers, social scientists, scholars in the humanities and lay people throughout the world. It brings together professors, graduate students and first degree students who are concerned about peace, justice and making an environmentally sustainable future." See: http://scienceforpeace.sa.utoronto.ca/ |
| The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) conducts "...research on questions of conflict and cooperation of importance for international peace and security, with the aim of contributing to an understanding of the conditions for peaceful solutions of international conflicts and for a stable peace." See: http://www.sipri.org/ They publish a yearbook on the status of topics ranging from major armed conflicts to arms control. |
|  The ES Press (a.k.a. TESP which stands for Thoughtful Expressions
of Spiritual People.) Their "... mission is to inform, educate, inspire
and enlighten. Columnists and writers at The ES Press are accomplished and
gifted people who have chosen to share their knowledge and views, through
articles, columns, reviews and more." See:
http://www.theespress.com/ |
| The United States Institute of Peace "is an independent, nonpartisan federal institution created by [the U.S.] Congress to promote the prevention, management, and peaceful resolution of international conflicts." See: http://www.usip.org/ They maintain a digital collection of peace agreements around the world. See: http://www.usip.org/ |
Other resources:
| Political Resources on the Net lists links to national political parties, organizations, government and media worldwide. See: http://www.politicalresources.net/ |
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Reference used:
| World Pledge Project© at the Center for Peace & Conflict Studies, Wayne State University, at: http://www.pcs.wayne.edu/ |
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Copyright © 2005 to 2007 by Ontario Consultants on
Religious Tolerance
Original posting: 2005-SEP-03
Latest update: 2007-JAN-08
Compiled by B.A. Robinson
Links last checked: 2005-SEP-03
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